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Fairmount: CDC Builds Momentum with New Executive Director

April 4, 2019 Sarah Metts 0

Although the Fairmount Community Development Corporation is a newer organization, it still hosts a calendar full of events to benefit the community. A huge part of that is because of its new executive director, Sarajane […]

Health

Mayfair: Dance Moves Between Cultures

January 29, 2019 David Mattera 0

What started as a two-person weekly exercise routine at a local park blossomed into an almost 200-person expression of cross-cultural understanding in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. “Exercise in the Park,” as locals refer to […]

Immigration

Mayfair: Store Owner Builds Bridges Between Cultures

January 28, 2019 David Mattera 0

Keith Xiao is the owner of F & L Minimart on Frankford Avenue in Mayfair. He is also one of seven founders and, now, executive director of the Northeast Philadelphia Development Corporation, an organization that […]

Germantown

Germantown: Church Welcomes First Generation Haitian-American Youth Ministries Director

December 13, 2018 Kira Runk and Elizabeth Leer 0

The First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG) has sat on the corner of East High Street and Germantown Avenue since 1796. In September, the congregation welcomed 33-year-old Jeanna Murat (pictured above). Murat is first […]

Environment

Powelton Village: Park Cleanup Initiative Brings Both Community And University Students Together

December 10, 2018 Kaicey Baylor and Taylor Allen 0

Love Your Park, a citywide initiative to keep Philadelphia’s parks clean, had it’s fall cleanup Saturday morning on Nov. 11 at Saunders Park on 39th Street and Powelton Avenue. Community members and Drexel University students […]

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Kensington: Local Boxer Shares Gift With Community

December 5, 2018 Zuri Hoffman 0

With years of boxing experience under his belt, 18-year-old Branden Pizarro is making a name for himself as the youngest professional boxer in Pennsylvania. He’s been featured on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation and now has […]

Government

Overbrook Farms: Community Members Memorialize, Demonstrate At New Wilson Goode Sign

December 3, 2018 Pariss Briggs and Simone Stancil 3

On the 2400 block of North 59th Street, just below the newly named W. Wilson Goode Sr. Way, stands a four-foot-tall shrine that reads, “To honor former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. with a street, […]

East Falls

East Falls: Friends of Mifflin, Principal Work Together To Drive Community Involvement

November 27, 2018 Geneva Heffernan 0

Wind howled and rain pelted down on East Falls, but inside the warm gymnasium at Thomas Mifflin Elementary School, smiling children ran around in colorful costumes to the sound of popular tunes put on by […]

Arts and Entertainment

Mill Creek: Building And Serving The Community Through Art

November 9, 2018 Kaicey Baylor and Taylor Allen 0

Every Saturday this past October, children and residents have gathered at the Mill Creek Recreation Center, 4700 Brown St., for art classes hosted by the community group Fine Art Through Our Eyes (FATOE). The classes run through […]

Education

Juniata Park: First-Year Principal Goes The Extra Mile To Help Students Succeed

October 30, 2018 Lucas Medeiros 0

Emily Mary Trunfio, principal of One Bright Ray Community High School, doesn’t want to just help kids who struggle academically get a high school diploma. She wants to help them achieve success after they leave […]

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